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Got the day off? It's the perfect time to get a book recommendation then!
Tell us your favorite snack or drink, and we'll recommend a book for you!
#MiniBookMatch is only for 24 hours, so get those requests in!
text reads "It's time for mini screenmatch! Tell us about your favorite tv show/movie to watch on lazy couch days. We'll recommend other movies and tv shows that you can check out or stream from the library!"
This weather makes us yearn for the couch and a binge session!
Tell us your favorite movie/TV show to watch on lazy days, and we'll recommend other TV shows and movies!
- Conclave
- The Marlow Murder Club series
- My Life is Murder series
- Wicked Little Letters
- Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu
- The Village Library Demon-Hunter Society by C.M. Waggoner
- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
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Finished watching "The Thursday Murder Club" and need something that has a similar vibe? We have some recs:
That's it for Mini Bookmatch but you can still get personalized recommendations with bookmatch! www.skokielibrary.info/match
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It's officially PSL season! 🍂
To celebrate, we're giving out book recommendations all day long!
Reply to this post with your favorite book to read while sipping a PSL, and we'll tell you what books we think you should read next.
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"Finding an activity that is free, fun, and doesn't involve a screen is hard to come by. It has truly felt like a “third space” for me and a place where I have built some community around other crafters."
Read about Ilana's experience in the Studio.
www.skokielibrary.info/blog/beyond-...
Book covers for "I'm Worried, Ruby Finds a Worry, Each Tiny Spark, Alvin Ho"
These stories feature kids dealing with anxiety, along with nonfiction books that give tips on helping with anxiety.
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Are you Team HUNTR/X or Team Saja Boys?
No matter who you stan, we think you'll love these romantic YA reads that remind us of K-Pop and K-Dramas.
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We'll slide into your DMs next time!!!
The world feels incredibly complicated lately. Although it can be overwhelming at times, there's a comfort in settling down with a good book.
Readers have long suspected, and researchers are now confirming, that reading delivers long-lasting health benefits.
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Mini Bookmatch is over but you can still get great book recommendations! Complete our Bookmatch form anytime: skokielibrary.info/books-movies...
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We know you've been reading all summer long, and we want to hear about your stand-outs! Tell us one of your favorite reads from the summer, and our staff will suggest other titles we think you'll enjoy!
Mini Bookmatch is today only, so act fast!
book covers arranged: Golem Girl, Against Technoableism, Sitting Pretty, and The Pretty One.
A vast body of nonfiction writing about disabilities and the disabled community has emerged in the last few years, with the overwhelming majority of it written by authors who are themselves disabled.
Here is just a small selection that we recommend.
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If you're out and about, keep an eye out for the library book bike!
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graphic with text that reads "Books, Movies, and Music for Fans of Sinners." There are book covers, album covers, and movie posters for: Bitter Roots, The Black God's Drums, Nope, Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues, A Lush and Seething Hell, Honey Dripper, Out There Screaming, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Blues, Ours."
Just finished "Sinners" and don't know what to do next?
We've got you covered!
book covers for: Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Woman Who Wants Too Much, The King of Infinite Space, How to Be Ace, and Last Night at the Telegraph Club.
This Pride month, curl up with a good book or movie that highlights LGBTQIA+ voices.
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Mini Screenmatch may be over, but you can still get movie/TV show recommendations with Screenmatch!
skokielibrary.info/books-movies...
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Looking to add to your movie/TV show queue? Lucky for you, it's time for Mini Screenmatch!
Send us one TV show or movie that you can watch over and over again, and we'll recommend other movies and TV shows that we think you'll like!
Don't worry, the library has recommendations for your summer reading. 📚
the following books covers: Goyhood, Rising, City of Laughter, Finn and Exra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop.
These books for all ages center on Jewish characters, stories, and themes.
skokielibrary.info/lists/#/jewi...
abstract rearrangement of the following book covers: I Leave It Up to You, Sigh Gone, They Called Us Exceptional, and Stay True.
Our staff have picked some fantastic fiction and nonfiction titles that highlight Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences.
skokielibrary.info/lists/4070/a...
Want to hear about what your favorite librarians are enjoying?
If you're in the mood for revenge, uncovering the past, or books about everyday people falling in love, you won't want to miss Whatcha Reading!
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How can kids and families become better stewards of our planet? What does Earth need more of and, even more important, less of?
Find the answer in these recommended Earth Day books for kids!
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It'll be back this summer!!
decorative collage of the follow book covers" Late Bloomers, With My Little Eye, An Unkindness of Ghosts, and Every Heart A Doorway."
In scarcely a decade, we have gone from almost no fiction by openly autistic authors being published to having an embarrassment of riches.
These suggested books are by authors who have publicly identified themselves as autistic.
skokielibrary.info/lists/4040/a...
a collage of the following book covers: Izzy at the End of the Wrold, This is My Brain, How are you Verity, and A Boy Called Bat.
These books for kids feature neurodivergent and autistic characters and their experiences.
skokielibrary.info/lists/#/kids...
No April Fools here. Just great books and a cool place to hang.
That'a a wrap on Mini Bookmatch! You can still get personalized recommendations by completing our Bookmatch form: skokielibrary.info/books-movies...
There is still time to get recommendations!